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Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈
[Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On
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You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞
You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn
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Daughter Village 女儿村
I was born in Daughter Village. For twenty years in a row, every child born in our village was a girl. Every nightfall, the cries of baby girls echoed through the valley. Once, a Taoist priest came to our village and said the entire village was cursed. During the summer of my first year of graduate school, my advisor ignored my protests and brought me and several other students to the village to conduct research.
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- 4 Altar of Views: The Influencer Who Sends Off the Meat Dumplings 流量祭坛：送肉粽的网红 The Traffic Altar: The Influencer Who Sends Off Rice Dumplings 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 There’s a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有鬼 My roommate is a cosplayer. A month into our sophomore year, she ordered a complete Chinese ghost-bride outfit online to wear to a horror party. She even hung the entire outfit beside her bed the night before. But that night, I woke with a start in the middle of the night and saw with my own eyes a female ghost in a bright red wedding dress pacing back and forth at the foot of her bed. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Shangyuan Plague Register: I'm on the Last Page 上元疰簿：名册最后一页是我 The Shangyuan Curse Register: I'm on the Last Page 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Blood Ties 血缘关系 I rushed a thousand miles to mourn my mother, only to discover that she had died under suspicious circumstances. I wanted to uncover the truth and avenge her, but my whole family opposed me! It turned out everything was because there was a “vampire” in the family! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格 I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Sacrificial Offering for Views: Live-Streaming the Zongzi Offering 流量祭品:直播送肉粽 Traffic Sacrifice: Livestreaming a Rice Dumpling Offering 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕 That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Glutton’s Last Bite 大胃王的最后一口 The Glutton's Last Bite 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Haunted Inn 惊魂旅馆 An unexpected downpour drowned out the sounds of murder. Late at night, in a remote inn, a corpse lay sprawled across a bed, blood pouring from all seven orifices. The killer seemed to be hiding among the guests, none of whom trusted one another: a police officer, a writer, a psychiatrist, a celebrity, a fan, a college student... Every one of them had something to hide. After a second murder, the line between the dead and the living grew increasingly blurred. Everyone was a suspect, and everyone 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 My Fiancée Disappeared, and I Became the Killer 未婚妻失踪，我成了凶手 My name is Cheng Yuan. My fiancée has disappeared. The last message I saw before I passed out was from her. “Cheng Yuan, run!” When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a perfect replica of my home, with something sinister lurking everywhere. And it seemed someone was watching me! A madman claimed to be deeply in love with my fiancée. But later, I discovered that the real madman was someone else. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Strange Happenings on the Lantern Festival: The Dead Man in the Coffin Is Clutching My Name 上元诡事：棺材里的死人攥着我的名 Lantern Festival Mysteries: The Dead Man in the Coffin Clutches My Name —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 幕启·人鬼同台 The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 戏台鬼影 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录
[Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years...
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- 21 Feast of the Undead: Slaughtering My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 盛世尸宴：我在大唐杀穿末日 A Feast of Corpses in an Age of Prosperity: Slaying My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈
A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L
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- 23 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin 棺材里伸出的手 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Paper Doll Hauntings: A Living Person's Funeral 纸人诡事：活人出殡 Paper Figures and Strange Happenings: The Living Hold a Funeral 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避
[Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal
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- 27 Who's Scratching Inside the Coffin? 谁在棺内抓挠？ Who Is Scratching Inside the Coffin? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
- 29 Sewing Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face 雨夜缝皮.最后一张脸 Stitching Skin on a Rainy Night: The Last Face —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札
[Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s
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- 31 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty to Escape the Zombies, Only to Find I Brought Them 穿到大唐躲丧尸，丧尸竟是我带的 I transmigrated to the Tang dynasty to hide from zombies, only to discover that I was the one leading them. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Chang’an Night Walks: The Black Death Flower 长安夜行录：黑死花 Chang’an Night Walk: Black Death Flower —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Life Borrower (Others Fix Watches, I Borrow Lives!) 借命人（别人修表我借命！）
Life-Borrower (Others Repair Watches, I Borrow Lives!)
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- 35 Ferryman of the Underworld: The Living Do Not Ferry Wronged Spirits 渡阴人：活人不渡枉死鬼 Yin Guides: The Living Do Not Guide Wrongfully Dead Ghosts 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Strange Journey Through Campus, The Campus Belle Is Mine! 诡异校园行，校花拿来吧你！ A Strange Journey Through Campus, Hand Over the Campus Belle! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Haunted House Sleep Test: The Agent Said Not to Be Afraid, This Manual Teaches You How to Torment Ghosts 凶宅试睡：中介说别怕，这本手册是教你怎么折磨鬼的
Haunted House Sleep Tester: The Agent Says, “Don’t Be Scared. This Manual Teaches You How to Torture Ghosts.”
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Funeral Shroud Shop Taboos: I Don't Sew Clothes for the Dead, but Souls for the Living 寿衣店禁忌：我缝的不是死人衣，是活人魂
Funeral Shroud Shop Taboos: What I Sew Isn't a Dead Person's Garment, but a Living Person's Soul
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- 39 The Teahouse in the Old Alley 老巷茶馆 The Teahouse in the Old Alley 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Lin Family's Haunted House 林氏凶宅 The Lin Family's Haunted House 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Qing Dynasty Campus Beauty of Jiuyan Bridge 九眼桥的清朝校花 The Qing Dynasty Campus Belle of Jiuyan Bridge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Shadow Sedan Chair of Wawu Mountain 瓦屋山阴轿 The Ghost Sedan Chair of Wawu Mountain —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Rental Apartment Taboos: Don't Look in the Mirror at Three in the Morning 出租屋禁忌：凌晨三点别照镜 Rental Apartment Taboos: Don't Look in the Mirror at Three in the Morning —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒
A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end!
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- 45 The Ghost Opera Troupe and Old Resentments 阴戏班、旧时怨 The Ghost Opera Troupe, Old Grudges —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 After I Unboxed Grandma's Keepsakes on Livestream, Every Viewer Started Posting the Same Thing 直播拆开外婆的遗物后，观众都在刷同一句话 While livestreaming the unboxing of Grandma's belongings, viewers all spammed the same comment 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Haunted House: Farming Merit in a Psychiatric Hospital 诡舍：我在精神病院刷功德 [National Fortune Livestream + Supernatural Rules Horror + Merit System + Overpowered Power Fantasy + The World Is Shocked] Supernatural forbidden zones descend upon the world, and a global livestream of national survival begins simultaneously across the internet. Chosen contestants from every country are trapped in haunted houses and sinister dwellings, facing bloodthirsty vengeful spirits and struggling to survive one terrifying step at a time. Chen Jin becomes the chosen contestant for the Dr —Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Troubling Seed 让人不安的种子
[Horror Short Story Collection + Standalone Stories + Chilling on Second Thought] Every story takes place in an ordinary setting: a home, a street, a school, nighttime, an elevator, a bathroom, and so on. Tiny inconsistencies, misperceptions, hallucinations, and fragments of urban legends are presented as things that “really happened,” making you think: This could be happening right next to me.
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The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人
[Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming
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